Odu Ifa

Od If

These are the 256 Od If. The first are the 16 Meji, or Oju Od. The next 240 Od If are
combinations of the first 16.
The Od If are patterns of binary code, opened and closed nodules, which represent all of
the energies contained in Igba Iwa, The Calabash of Existence, or the Universe.
These are the universal energies that give birth to all given circumstances and situations, all
the blessings and misfortunes of the universe are contained within them. They hold the key to
all the blessings and all the misfortunes of life and death. The Od themselves are the oracles
of the Yorb divination systems of If, Obi, and Merindinlogun.
It is through the knowledge of these energies, called Od If, that Babalawo and Iyanifa are
able to work with individuals to achieve the greatest potential of their destiny. It is through
these Od If that priests and priestesses of Oria can help people to repair their Ors and
better themselves.
The Od If are like blueprints to all the energies possible in the universe. Each has verses of
esoteric knowledge associated with it along with medicines, rituals, and sacrifices that
accompany each of the 256 Od.
Included in this listing of the 256 chapters of Od If are the names and aliases of the Od as
taught in my lineage of If, which is from Oyo State, Nigeria. Please note that the names and
fixed esoteric order of the Od If may differ from lineage to lineage.
I I
I I
I I
I I
II II
II II
II II
II II
II II
I I
I I
II II
I I
II II
II II
I I
1 Ogbe Meji
Ejiogbe
2 Oyeku
Meji
Ejioyeku
3 Iwori Meji
Ejiiwori
4 Odi Meji
Ejiodi
I I
I I
II II
II II
II II
II II
I I
I I
I I
II II
II II
II II
II II
II II
II II
I I
5 Irosun
Meji
Ejiirosun
6 Owonrin
Meji
Ejiowonrin
7 Obara
Meji
Ejiobara
8 Okanran
Meji
Ejiokanran
I I
I I
I I
II II
II II
I I
I I
I I
II II
I I
II II
II II
II II
II II
I I
II II
9 Ogunda
Meji
Ejiogunda
10 Osa Meji
Ejiosa
11 Ika Meji
Ejiika
12 Oturupon
Meji
Ejiologbon
I I
II II
I I
I I
I I
I I
II II
I I
I I
II II
I I
II II
II II
I I
II II
I I
13 Otura
Meji
Ejiotura
14 Irete
Meji
Ejiirete
15 Ose Meji
Ejiose
16 Ofun Meji
Ejiorangun
(Eepa!)
II I
II I
II I
II I
II I
I I
I I
II I
I I
II I
II I
I I
I I
I I
II I
II I
17 Ogbe Oyeku
Ogbeyeku
18 Ogbe Iwori
Ogbewori
19 Ogbe Odi
Ogbedi
20 Ogbe Irosun
Ogberosun
II I
II I
I I
I I
I I
II I
II I
II I
II I
II I
II I
I I
I I
I I
I I
II I
21 Ogbe
Owonrin
Ogbewonrin
22 Ogbe Obara
Ogbebara
23 Ogbe Okanran
Ogbekanran
24 Ogbe Ogunda
Ogbegunda
II I
I I
I I
I I
II I
I I
II I
II I
II I
II I
I I
II I
I I
II I
I I
I I
25 Ogbesa
Ogbe Osa
26 Ogbe Ika
Ogbeka
27 Ogbe
Oturupon
Ogbeturupon
28 Ogbe Otura
Ogbetura Ogbejegbe
I I
I I
II I
I I
I I
II I
I I
II I
II I
I I
II I
I I

29 Ogbe Irete
Ogbe Ate
30 Ogbe Ose
Ogbese
31 Ogbe Ofun
Ogbefun

I II
I II
I II
I II
II II
I II
I II
II II
I II
II II
II II
I II
I II
I II
II II
II II
32 Oyeku Ogbe
Oyekulogbe
33 Oyeku Iwori
Oyekuwori
34 Oyeku Odi
Oyekuodi
35 Oyeku Irosun
Oyekurosun
II II
II II
I II
I II
I II
II II
II II
II II
II II
II II
II II
I II
I II
I II
I II
II II
36 Oyeku 37 Oyeku Obara 38 Oyeku 39 Oyeku Ogunda
Owonrin
Oyekuwonrin
Oyekupalaba
Oyekufabagoke
Okanran
Oyekukanran
Oyekugunda
II II
I II
I II
I II
II II
I II
II II
II II
II II
II II
I II
II II
I II
II II
I II
I II
40 Oyeku Osa
Oyekusa
41 Oyeku Ika
Oyekuka
42 Oyeku
Oturupon
Oyekuturupon
43 Oyeku Otura
Oyekutura
I II
I II
II II
I II
I II
II II
I II
II II
II II
I II
II II
I II

44 Oyeku Irete
Oyekurete
45 Oyeku Ose
Oyekuse
46 Oyeku Ofun
Yafokuu

I II
I I
I I
I II
II II
II I
II I
II II
I II
II I
II I
I II
I II
I I
II I
II II
47 Iwori Ogbe
Iworiogbe
48 Iwori Oyeku
Iworioyeku
49 Iwori Odi
Iworiodi
50 Iwori Irosun
Iworirosun
II II
II I
I I
I II
I II
II I
II I
II II
II II
II I
II I
I II
I II
I I
I I
II II
51 Iwori
Owonrin
Iworiwonrin
52 Iwori Obara
Iworiobara
53 Iwori Okanran
Iworiokanran
54 Iwori Ogunda
Iworiogunda
II II
I I
I I
I II
II II
I I
II I
II II
II II
II I
I I
II II
I II
II I
I I
I II
55 Iwori Osa
Iworiosa
56 Iwori Ika
Iworika
57 Iwori
Oturupon
Iworioturupon
58 Iwori Otura
Iworiotura
I II
I I
I II
II I
II II
I I

II I
I II
I I
II II
II I
I II
59 Iwori Irete
Iworirete
60 Iwori Ose
Iworiose
61 Iwori Ofun
Iworiwofun

I I
I II
I II
I I
II I
II II
II II
II I
II I
I II
I II
II I
I I
I II
II II
II I
62 Odi Ogbe
Idingbere
63 Odi Oyeku
Odioyeku
64 Odi Iwori
Odiwori
65 Odi Irosun
Idinosun
II I
II II
I II
I I
I I
II II
II II
II I
II I
II II
II II
I I
I I
I II
I II
II I
66 Odi Owonrin
Odiwonrin
67 Odi Obara
Odibara
68 Odi Okanran
Odikanran
69 Odi Ogunda
Odigunda
II I
I II
I II
I I
II I
I II
II II
II I
II I
II II
I II
II I
I I
II II
I II
I I
70 Odi Osa
Odisa
71 Odi Ika
Odiika
72 Odi Oturupon
Oditurupon
73 Odi Otura
Idinatago
I I
I II
II II
I I
I I
II II
I II
II I
II I
I II
II II
I I

74 Odi Irete
Idinileke
75 Odi Ose
Odiose
76 Odi Ofun
Odiofun

I I
I I
I II
I II
II I
II I
II II
II II
II I
I I
I II
II II
I I
II I
II II
I II
77 Irosun Ogbe * 78 Irosun Oyeku
Irosunoyeku
79 Irosun Iwori
Irosunawoye
80 Irosun Odi
Irosunodi
II I
II I
I I
II I
II I
II I
I I
I I
I II
I II
II II
II II
II II
I II
I II
II II
81 Irosun
Owonrin
Irosunowonrin
82 Irosun Obara
Irosunobara
83 Irosun
Okanran
Irosunokere
84 Irosun Ogunda
Irosunogunda
II I
I I
I II
I II
II I
I I
II II
II II
II I
II I
I II
II II
I I
II I
I II
I II
85 Irosun Osa
Irosunosa
86 Irosun Ika
Irosunka
87 Irosun
Oturupon
Irosunturupon
88 Irosun Otura
Irosunfakolade
I I
I I
II II
I II
I I
II I
I II
II II
II I
I I
II II
I II
* Irosunogbe/
Irosunoniwata/
Irosunokanjuwa
89 Irosun Irete
Irosunopemi
90 Irosun Ose
Irosunoso
91 Irosun Ofun
Irosunofun

I II
I II
I I
I I
II II
II II
II I
II I
II II
I II
I I
II I
I II
II II
II I
I I
92 Owonrin
Ogbe
Owonrinsogbe
93 Owonrin
Oyeku
Owonrinoyeku
94 Owonrin Iwori
Owonriniwori
95 Owonrin Odi
Owonrinodi
I II
I II
II I
II I
I II
II II
II I
II I
II II
II II
II I
I I
I II
I II
I I
II I
96 Owonrin
Irosun
OwonrinIrosun
97 Owonrin Obara
Owonrinobara
98 Owonrin
Okanran
Owonrinokanran
99 Owonrin Ogunda
Owonrinetun
II II
I II
I I
I I
II II
I II
II I
II I
II II
II II
I I
II I
I II
II II
I I
I I
100 Owonrin 101 Owonrin Ika 102 Owonrin 103 Owonrin Otura
Osa
Owonrinosa
Owonrinaseyin
Owonrinika
Owonrinojoose
Oturupon
Owonrinoturupon
Owonrinotura
I II
I II
II I
I I
I II
II II
I I
II I
II II
I II
II I
I I

104 Owonrin
Irete
Owonrinirete
105 Owonrin Ose
Owonrinose
106 Owonrin
Ofun
Owonrinofun

I I
I II
I II
I II
II I
II II
II II
II II
II I
I II
I II
II II
I I
II II
II II
I I
107 Obara Ogbe
Obaraogbe
108 Obara Oyeku
Obaraoyeku
109 Obara Iwori
Obaraikosi
110 Obara Odi
Obaraodi
I I
I II
II II
II II
II I
II II
I II
I II
II I
II II
II II
I II
I I
I II
I II
II II
111 Obara
Irosun
Obarairosun
112ObaraOwonrin
Obaraowonrin
113ObaraOkanran
Obaraokanran
114 ObaraOgunda
Obaraeguntan
II I
I II
I II
I II
II I
I II
II II
II II
II I
II II
I II
II II
I I
II II
I II
I II
115 Obara Osa
Obaraosa
116 Obara Ika
Obaraika
117Obara
Oturupon
Obaraoturupon
118 Obara Otura
Obaraotura
I I
I II
II II
I II
I I
II II
I II
II II
II I
I II
II II
I II

119 Obara Irete
Obarairete
120 Obara Ose
Obaraose
121 Obara Ofun
Obaraofun

I II
I II
II II
II II
II II
I II
I II
II II
I II
I I
II II
II I
I II
II I
II II
I I
122 Okanran
Ogbe
Okanranogbe
123Okanran
Oyeku
Okanranoyeku
124 Okanran
Iwori
Okanraniwori
125 Okanran Odi
Okanranodi
I II
I II
II II
II I
II II
II II
I II
I I
I II
II II
II II
II I
I II
I II
I II
II I
126 Okanran
Irosun
Okanranirosun
127 Okanran-
Owonrin
Okanranowonrin
128 Okanran
Obara
Okanranobara
129Okanran-
Ogunda
Okanranogunda
II II
I II
I II
I I
II II
I II
II II
II I
II II
II II
I II
II I
I II
II II
I II
I I
130 Okanran Osa
Okanranosa
131 Okanran Ika
Okanranika
132 Okanran-
Oturupon
Okanranoturupon
133 Okanran Otura
Okanranotura
Okanranalase
I II
I II
II II
I I
I II
II II
I II
II I
II II
I II
II II
I I
**Okanranaigoro
Okanranadasenu
134 Okanran
Irete
Okanranirete
135 Okanran Ose
Okanranose **
136 Okanran Ofun
Okanranofun

I I
I I
I I
I II
II I
II I
II I
II II
II I
I I
I I
II II
I I
II I
II I
I II
137 Ogunda
Ogbe
Ogundaogbe ***
138 Ogunda
Oyeku
Ogundaoyeku
139 Ogunda Iwori
Ogundaiwori
140 Ogunda Odi
Ogundaodi
I I
I I
II I
II II
II I
II I
I I
I II
I I
II I
II I
II II
II I
II I
II I
I II
141 Ogunda
Irosun
Ogundairosun
142 Ogunda-
Owonrin
Ogundaowonrin
143 Ogunda
Obara
Ogundaobara
144 Ogunda-
Okanran
Ogundaokanran
II I
I I
I I
I II
II I
I I
II I
II II
II I
II I
I I
II II
I I
II I
I I
I II
145 Ogunda Osa
Ogundaosa
146 Ogunda Ika
Ogundaika
147 Ogunda-
Oturupon
Ogundaoturupon
148 Ogunda Otura
Ogundaotura
I I
I I
II I
I II
I I
II I
I I
II II
II I
I I
II I
I II
***Ogundagara
Ogundabede
149 Ogunda
Irete
Ogundairete
150 Ogunda Ose
Ogundaose
151 Ogunda Ofun
Ogundaofun

I II
I I
I I
I I
II II
II I
II I
II I
II II
I I
I I
II I
I II
II I
II I
I I
152 Osa Ogbe
Osaogbe
153 Osa Oyeku
Osaoyeku
154 Osa Iwori
Osaiwori
155 Osa Odi
Osaodi
I II
I I
II I
II I
II II
II I
I I
I I
I II
II I
II I
II I
II II
II I
II I
I I
156 Osa Irosun
Osairosun
157 Osa Owonrin
Osaowonrin
Osaonibu
158 Osa Obara
Osaobara
159 Osa Okanran
Osaokanran
I II
I I
I I
II I
II II
I I
II I
II I
II II
II I
I I
II I
I II
II I
I I
I I
160 Osa Ogunda
Osaogunda
161 Osa Ika
Osaika
162 Osa Oturupon
Osaoturupon
163 Osa Otura
Osaotura
I II I II II II

I I
II I
I I
II I
I I
II I
I I
II I
I I
164 Osa Irete
Osairete
165 Osa Ose
Osaose
166 Osa Ofun
Osaofun

I II
I I
I II
I II
II II
II I
II II
II II
II II
I I
I II
II II
I II
II I
II II
I II
167 Ika Ogbe
Ikaogbe
168 Ika Oyeku
Ikaoyeku
169 Ika Iwori
Ikaiwori
170 Ika Odi
Ikaodi
I II
I I
II II
II II
II II
II I
I II
I II
I II
II I
II II
II II
II II
II I
II II
I II
171 Ika Irosun
Ikairosun
172 Ika Owonrin
Ikaowonrin
173 Ika Obara
Ikaobara
174 Ika Okanran
Ikaokanran
I II
I I
I II
II II
II II
I I
I II
I II
II II
II I
I II
II II
I II
II I
I II
I II
175 Ika Ogunda
Ikaogunda
176 Ika Osa
Ikaosa
177 Ika Oturupon
Ikaoturupon
178 Ika Otura
Ikaotura
I II
I I
II II
I II
I II
II I
I II
II II
II II
I I
II II
I II

179 Ika Irete
Ikairete
180 Ika Ose
Ikaose
181 Ika Ofun
Ikaofun

I II
I II
I I
I II
II II
II II
II I
II II
II II
I II
I I
II II
I II
II II
II I
I II
182 Oturupon
Ogbe
Oturuponogbe
183 Oturupon-
Oyeku
Oturuponoyeku
184 Oturupon
Iwori
Oturuponiwori
Oturuponlawi
185 Oturupon Odi
Oturuponodi
I II
I II
II I
II II
II II
II II
I I
I II
I II
II II
II I
II II
II II
II II
II I
I II
186 Oturupon-
Irosun
Oturuponirosun
187 Oturupon-
Owonrin
Oturuponowonrin
188 Oturupon-
Obara
Oturuponobara
189 Oturupon-
Okanran
Oturuponokanran
I II
I II
I I
II II
II II
I II
I I
I II
II II
I II
II I
II II
I II
II II
I I
I II
190 Oturupon-
Ogunda
Oturuponogunda
191 Oturupon Osa
Oturuponosa
192 Oturupon Ika
Oturuponika
193 Oturupon Otura
Oturuponotura
I II
I II
II I
I II
I II
II II
I I
II II
II II
I II
II I
I II

194 Oturupon
Irete
Oturuponirete
195 Oturupon Ose
Oturuponose
196 Oturupon
Ofun
Oturuponofun

I I
I II
I I
I I
II I
II II
II I
II I
II I
I II
I I
II I
I I
II II
II I
I I
197 Otura Ogbe
Oturaogbe
Otura Or
Oturaoriko
198 Otura Oyeku
Oturaoyeku
199 Otura Iwori
Oturaiwori
200 Otura Odi
Oturaodi
I I
I II
II I
II I
II I
II II
I I
I I
I I
II II
II I
II I
II I
II II
II I
I I
201 Otura Irosun
Oturairosun
202 Otura
Owonrin
Oturaowonrin
203 Otura Obara
Oturaobara
204 Otura Okanran
Oturaokanran
I I
I II
II I
I II
II I
I II
II I
II II
I I
II I
I I
I I
II I
II I
I I
II I
205 Otura
Ogunda
Oturaogunda
206 Otura Osa
Oturaosa
207 Otura Ika
Oturaika
208 Otura Oturupon
Oturaoturupon
I I
I II
II I
I I
I I
II II
I I
II I
II I
I II
II I
I I

209 Otura Irete
Oturairete
210 Otura Ose
Oturaose
211 Otura Ofun
Oturaofun
Oturemeeeye

I I
I I
I II
I I
II I
II I
II II
II I
II I
I I
I II
II I
I I
II I
II II
I I
212 Irete Ogbe
Ireteogbe
213 Irete Oyeku
Ireteoyeku
214 Irete Iwori
Ireteiwori
215 Irete Odi
Ireteodi
I I
I I
II II
II I
II I
II I
I II
I I
I I
II I
II II
II I
II I
II I
II II
I I
216 Irete Irosun
Ireteirosun
217 Irete Owonrin
Ireteowonrin
Ireteolota
218 Irete Obara
Ireteobara
Iretealao
219 Irete Okanran
Ireteokanran
I I
I I
I II
II I
II I
I I
I II
I I
II I
I I
II II
II I
II I
II I
I II
II I
220 Irete
Ogunda
Ireteaaya
Ireteodunjo
221 Irete Osa
Ireteosa
222 Irete Ika
Ireteika
223 Irete Oturupon
Ireteoturupon
I I
II I
I II
I I
I I
II I
I II
II I
II I
I I
II II
I I

224 Irete Otura
Ireteotura
225 Irete Ose
Ireteose
226 Irete Ofun
Ireteofun

I I
I II
I I
I II
II I
II II
II I
II II
II I
I II
I I
II II
I I
II II
II I
I II
227 Ose Ogbe
Oseogbe
228 Ose Oyeku
Oseoyeku
229 Ose Iwori
Oseiwori
Oseonise
230 Ose Odi
Oseodi
I I
I II
II I
II II
II I
II II
I I
I II
I I
II II
II I
II II
II I
II II
II I
I II
231 Ose Irosun
Oseirosun
232 Ose Owonrin
Oseowonrin
233 Ose Obara
Oseobara
234 Ose Okanran
Oseokanran
I I
I II
I I
II II
II I
I II
I I
I II
II I
I II
II I
II II
II I
II II
I I
II II
235 Ose Ogunda
Oseogunda
Osemolu
236 Ose Osa
Oseosa
237 Ose Ika
Oseika
Oseolofa
238 Ose Oturupon
Oseoturupon
I I
II II
I I
I II
I I
I II
II I
I II
II I
I II
II I
I II

239 Ose Otura
Osetura
240 Ose Irete
Oseirete
241 Ose Ofun
Oseofun

I II
I I
I II
I I
II II
II I
II II
II I
II II
I I
I II
II I
I II
II I
II II
I I
242 Ofun Ogbe
Ofunogbe
243 Ofun Oyeku
Ofunoyeku
Ofuntena
244 Ofun Iwori
Ofuniwori
Ofunigando
245 Ofun Odi
Ofunodi
I II
I I
II II
II I
I II
II I
II II
II I
II II
II I
I II
I I
II II
II I
II II
I I
246 Ofun Irosun
Ofunirosun
247 Ofun Owonrin
Ofunowonrin
Ofunsanyan
248 Ofun Obara
Ofunobara
249 Ofun Okanran
Ofunokanran
Ofinranekun
I II
I I
I II
II I
II II
I I
I II
I I
II II
I I
II II
II I
II II
II I
I II
II I
250 Ofun
Ogunda
Ofunogunda
Ofuneko
251 Ofun Osa
Ofunosa
252 Ofun Ika
Ofunika
253 Ofun Oturupon
Ofunoturupon
I II
II I
I II
I I
I II
I I
II II
I I
I II
II I
I II
II I

254 Ofun Otura
Ofunotura
Ofuntopola
255 Ofun Irete
Ofunrete
256 Ofun Ose
Ofunse


Hometowns of Od If
Ejiogbe Ode Otun
Oyeku Meji Ode Apa
Iwori Meji Ilu Igodo
Odi Meji Ode Eju
Irosun Meji Ode Idere
Owonrin Meji Ode Owon, Ode Ifon
Obara Meji Ode Iwo, Ode Ikole
Okanran Meji Ode Itile
Ogunda Meji Ilu Oko
Osa Meji Ilu Ota, Igbonna, Ikirun
Ika Meji Ode Ika, Ode Ebute
Oturupon Meji Ile Igbon, Ode Ikoolo
Otura Meji Ode Ipapo
Irete Meji Ode Emere
Ose Meji Ode Ibadan
Ofun Meji (Eepa!) Ode Ila